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danny makes p dollars an hour. he works q hours. his total weekly wage was $2.4. if he increases his hours, he will make an additional 15 cents per hour and make $3.3 total per week. What is the value of p?



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danny makes p dollars an hour. he works q hours. his total 18 Apr 2008, 07:02
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danny makes p dollars an hour. he works q hours. his total weekly wage was $2.4. if he increases his hours, he will make an additional 15 cents per hour and make $3.3 total per week. What is the value of p?
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This doesn't make sense to me. Did you include all the information as phrased in the problem?
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danny makes p dollars an hour. he works q hours. his total 18 Apr 2008, 07:05
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danny makes p dollars an hour. he works q hours. his total weekly wage was $2.4. if he increases his hours, he will make an additional 15 cents per hour and make $3.3 total per week. What is the value of p?
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increases hours and increases wage for additional weekly wage. You can solve the problem algebraically but there is no numerical solution. The weekly wages seem small... are you sure you copied the problem correctly?
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danny makes p dollars an hour. he works q hours. his total 18 Apr 2008, 08:58
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yeah..we either need to know how many hours he increased ...or need to know how many hours he originally worked..
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From what you've given us it is something like...

q: original # of hours
p: original hourly wage
h: # of hours MORE than p

q * p = 2.40

(q + h) * (p + 0.15) = 3.30

2 equations, 3 unknowns... we need to know this "h" value I made up here.
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danny makes p dollars an hour. he works q hours. his total weekly wage was $2.4. if he increases his hours, he will make an additional 15 cents per hour and make $3.3 total per week. What is the value of p?
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I agree with the rest of the posters...
Two equations, three unknowns:
Set x=increased hours per week
(1) pq = 2.4
(2) (p+0.15)*(q+x)=3.3
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thanks guys. i got this question as an interview question and i told the interviewer theres no solution possible. :-D
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danny makes p dollars an hour. he works q hours. his total 18 Apr 2008, 14:41
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phew, im glad im not the only one who ran into a dead end !!!

bmwhype, mind if i ask what type of job you were interviewing for ?
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good job mate, private equity or international finance?
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PE, ironically securitization emphasis



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